What does the carving of bats on buildings mean?

The idea of a bat carved on the building symbolizes auspiciousness and happiness.

The bat character for bat is the same as the blessing of happiness and blessing. Therefore, in traditional Chinese architecture, the bat pattern is regarded as a symbol of good fortune.

Some ancient buildings in our country often see a lot of bricks, wood, stone and other materials carved exquisite patterns, among which the pattern of bats is more common.

The symbol of the bats carved on the building is auspiciousness and happiness.

Chinese traditional auspicious patterns are mostly taken from homophonic things, although the appearance of the bat is strange and can even be said to be a little ugly, but because of its "bat" homophony through "Fu", the bat homophonic "all over the blessing, everywhere is Fu" auspicious, meaning beautiful. Therefore, the artist used his rich imagination and exaggerated and deformed artistic techniques to evolve the ugly bat image in nature into a beautiful ornament with Chinese national characteristics.

Types of bat patterns

The bat pattern changes are quite rich, there are upside-down bats, double bats, four bats holding Fu Lu Shou, five bats and so on. In the traditional ornamentation, bats are combined with the word "longevity", and it is said that "five bats hold longevity".

The five blessings that are commonly referred to are: one day of longevity, two days of wealth, three days of Kangning, four days of repairing virtue, and five days of life. There are also bats and moire combinations, the name of the day "Hongfu Qitian"; Bats, Shoushan stone plus Ruyi or Ganoderma lucidum, the name of the day "peace and ruyi".

Fushou Ruyi pattern, weaving gold "Shou" in the lower part of the word two Ruyi Yuntuo, under the support is an upside-down flying bat. Wanshou Fulu pattern, the deer is skillfully drawn into a group, the north negative Ruyi Ganoderma lucidum holds the word longevity, and the word longevity is decorated with a bat that spreads its wings and flies, and the composition is very simple and generous.

1. The image of the bat is regarded as a symbol of happiness, because the word "bat" of the bat is pronounced the same as the "fu" of happiness.

2. Bats also symbolize good fortune, if there are five bats carved on the building, it means five blessings: "longevity", "wealth", "well-being", "good virtue" and "good death".

3. The arrival of bats can be expressed as the meaning of "blessing" through homophony, hoping that happiness will fall from the sky like bats, so as to form an auspicious pattern carved on the building, which can add joy to the home.

Architectural ornamentation. 1. Dragon pattern: The dragon is a symbol of imperial power in feudal society, and the emperor is called the true dragon son of heaven. In folklore, dragons appear as traditional auspicious patterns on many occasions.

According to the specific location and environment of the decorations, the ancient designers changed the imaginary dragon to create a new image to meet the aesthetic needs of the people, such as the dragon, the running dragon, the rising dragon, the descending dragon, the dragon dragon, the cloud dragon, etc.

2. Phoenix pattern: Phoenix, the king of birds in ancient legends, male is phoenix, female is phoenix. The phoenix was later transformed into the Vermilion Bird, and as the god of the south, it became a four-way divine beast along with the green dragon in the east, the white tiger in the west, and the Xuanwu in the north.

In the use of ornamentation, the phoenix is often matched with the peony, called "the phoenix wears the peony"; Juxtaposed with the sun, it is called "Danfeng Chaoyang".

The carving of bats on ancient buildings has the meaning of auspiciousness and happiness. Because the word "bat" of bat is the same as the "fu" of happiness and blessing, the bat pattern is regarded as a symbol of blessing in traditional Chinese architecture and has become a classic pattern in traditional culture.

Bats, homophonic happiness of blessing.

Bats represent the coming of blessing in traditional Chinese culture, so bats are carved to express the yearning for a happy life.

The building is carved with bats, which are traditional Chinese symbolic patterns. The bat is not a bird or a rat, but a flight-capable mammal, belonging to the order Pterodactyla in zoology.

In traditional Chinese decorative arts, the image of the bat is regarded as a symbol of happiness, and the custom uses the homonym of the words "bat" and "fu", and combines the flight of the bat into the meaning of "entering the blessing", hoping that happiness will fall from the sky like a bat. This is a group of auspicious patterns.

Bat is an animal that lives in a dark environment, life is relatively rare, but the meaning of the bat is very beautiful, the bat in the bat and the blessing homonym, so there is a blessing from the sky of the meaning, but also all the blessing, meaning that the blessing can last for a long time, children and grandchildren can be rich and auspicious.

Generally, the carvings on the buildings are upside-down bats, which means that blessings have arrived.

The building is carved with a bat symbol, and blessings fall from the sky.